Thursday, November 18, 2010

Brad Friedman writes "Why Joe Miller is right to call for a 'hand count' in Alaska's Senate Race"...Clarification - Bridgeport Questions its Legal Authority to Revisit Balloting"...Bad news: "Palm Beach County Elections Chief Susan Bucher wants to retry touch-screen voting" & she promises to lobby legislature to bring back touchscreens...Meanwhile, touchscreen vote flipping was cited in a demand for new election for North Carolina House District 45...

CA: State GOP will go after Contra Costa County election officialshttp://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_16640379?nclick_check=1The California Republican Party says it will pursue its lawsuit against Contra Costa County over whether election count observers have the right to challenge specific signatures on vote-by-mail ballots, calling it a critical statewide issue.

CT: BRIDGEPORT QUESTIONS ITS LEGAL AUTHORITY TO REVISIT BALLOTINGhttp://scullycommunications.com/archives/1199 Bridgeport city officials say they are not “refusing” to participate in a recount of their troubled election night voting precincts but rather doubt their legal authority to do so. Such an undertaking would also create a logistical nightmare, they say.

MN: The GOP complaint on the governor's recount: what we know and what we don'thttp://www.minnpost.com/stories/2010/11/18/23513/the_gop_complaint_on_the_governors_recount_what_we_know_and_what_we_dont http://tinyurl.com/2we8xs9

MN: GOP sues in gubernatorial race, alleging discrepancy in ballotshttp://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_16642686?nclick_check=1Trailing by a stack of votes that seems insurmountable by normal recount standards, Republicans are laying the groundwork for removing votes — how many is unknown — from the 2.1 million cast for governor during the Nov. 2 election.

MN: The Daily Digest (with video)http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/polinaut/archive/2010/11/the_daily_diges_957.shtml http://tinyurl.com/2c6jj5u The MNGOP and Tom Emmer are asking the Minnesota Supreme Court to delay the recount in Minnesota's governor's race until a process known as reconciliation is assured in every precinct. The DFL says the GOP wants to delay the recount to keep Democrat Mark Dayton out of office.

NC: Warner files protest over House District 45 seat* (iVotronics in early voting)http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2010/11/17/1048710?sac=HomeCumberland County. Warner sought a recount after Glazier defeated her by 48 votes out of the 19,668 counted. Wednesday's recount gave Glazier a 46-vote lead instead. Two other races also were recounted with minor differences from last week's certified results....In her protest, Warner contends:...At least three people trying to vote for Warner on a touch-screen machine said the machine recorded a vote for Glazier instead; the voters caught the mistake when reviewing their ballots on the touch screen. Warner thinks the machines were not calibrated to accurately record where the voter touched the screens.

Voters were allowed to get in line after the polls closed at 7:30 p.m., allowing ineligible voters to participate.

NC: Live Wire: Barcoded ballot paperwork still secrethttp://fayobserver.com/articles/2010/11/12/1047479?sac=LocalQ: When we voted last Tuesday we were asked to sign a paper, I don't really know what it was. Then they scanned a barcode on the paper and then on the ballot I had been handed. Does this mean my secret ballot is not a secret ballot? - A.F., Fayetteville

NY: Fourth Ward Election Fraud Investigation Referred To Prosecutor's Officehttp://hoboken.patch.com/articles/fourth-ward-election-fraud-investigation-referred-to-prosecutors-office The 190 vote-by-mail ballots that were ﻿challenged by the Lenz campaign ﻿during Nov. 2nd's special Fourth Ward election, have been referred to the Hudson County Prosecutor's office...The Lenz campaign challenged 190 votes, based on residency issues and claims that people were paid to vote by mail. They also challenged the 78 out of 79 campaign workers who were paid $40 and voted by mail a few days after receiving the cash.

OH: Portage County Tea Party Questions Voting Machines Used In Electionhttp://www.e-portage.us/newsgen/news_details.php?id=1713Though the vast majority of votes take place without incident, we were surprised by the number of problems with voting machines documented by our members, which is why we wrote this letter.”

Canada: Bring paper ballots back: Councillor (using Intelivote)http://www.emcperth.ca/20101118/news/Bring+paper+ballots+back:+Councillor(Perth) Although he said the response to the problem by town staff was excellent, White said a number of issues were raised by members of the public. Some complained that they did not receive the personal identification numbers, while others had problems voting by telephone or via the internet. Although voting was extended by an extra hour in response to the problem, some people have since told him they were unable to vote, White said.

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